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Blast to the past: Favorite bench player?

So since there isn't much to talk about right now, I figured it'd be a nice healthy discussion to have.

I know that a lot of people are going to say Detlef, Tony, Derrick McKey, or maybe Byron Scott, but my favorite bench player was LaSalle Thompson.. Even though he wasn't all that.

I have no clue as to why, maybe it was my youth, but LaSalle just captured my attention and/or imagination to grow and love hard nosed play along with others like DD and the intensity that Larry Brown brought to all the players on the team.

Ever since that era I have grown to love hard fouls, tough play, talking **** to other players, and just grind-it-out play.. The Lakers/Celtics series in April was a dream for me.

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Re: Blast to the past: Favorite bench player?

While maybe not my favorite, will use this opportunity to pay homage toGreg Dreiling.

Very mechanical, not overly athletic, not very fast, but a big body you could
go to to clog things up in the middle and bang up some of the other reserve
centers of that era. For all his limitations, the guy tried and played with alot
of heart.

Another guy I though was a pretty good reserve on a not so good Pacers team
was Ron Anderson.

Re: Blast to the past: Favorite bench player?

Edit: Oh, and of course Dale Davis! I was just telling my friends the other day how when other kids wanted to 'be like Mike' growing up, I had no interest in that. I wanted to be like Dale.

Welcome aboard 8.9! I'm going for a neck and neck tie between Byron Scott and Detlef Schrempf. Giving the nod to Byron Scott. Of the two, Det was my favorite player, but Byron was far, far more important to the team at a time when we were contending. If I had to form a top 3 faves, Eddie Johnson gets #3. He used to crack me up, still lighting up heads with that lethal, lightning quick jumper.